going dutch

[el duder]

anyone have any experience of working out in amsterdam?

apart from the glaring obvious. just want a view of lifestyle, accommodation, people, infrastructure, transport, food, wine and errr women?

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[Fleetwood]

Plenty of women in Amsterdam. They seem to spend a lot of time standing in windows with very liitle on.
Visit the Banana Bar.

[el duder]

...

come on seriously.

apart from the red light district.

what is it like to contract in amsterdam.

[Xenophon]

Plenty of women in Amsterdam. They seem to spend a lot of time standing in windows with very liitle on.
Visit the Banana Bar.

Banana Bar for the win!

[The Lone Gunman]

Dont forget

[Xenophon]

come on seriously.

apart from the red light district.

what is it like to contract in amsterdam.

No idea. Have been several times, but purely social.

[Mustang]

El Duder, I would be keen to find out too - do you work in Telecoms?


I heard that working in Holland would require you to pay Dutch taxes - can anyone throw any light on this?

[el duder]

no finance sector.

good point made.

[Angela_D]

I did a year in a telco there in 99.

Loved it but started enjoying the party lifestyle a bit too much near the end.

You will probably have to pay tax at source nowadays.

Accommodation is a bit of a 'mare. There is a shortage. try viavia.nl Lot of high quality council places are illegally sublet.

I tended to avoid the centre and obvious places at weekends as there were too many Brit/Irish/German stag weekends. Pretty ugly.
But during the week it was cool.



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[el duder]

useful info...

Contracting in the Netherlands
Legal Considerations

Dutch law states that all non-Dutch individuals working in the Netherlands must be employees and, furthermore, that Dutch tax, where not eliminated under a Double Tax Treaty (see below), has to be deducted via monthly withholding and paid across to the Dutch tax authorities at that time. It is therefore not legal for a non-Dutch individual to work in the Netherlands as a sole trader or member of a partnership although some individuals continue to operate in this way